Symptoms and Stages of HIV Infection

HIV symptoms vary from individual –to –individual and at times there are no symptoms at all in some people. Without treatment over time HIV will get worse and could damage the affected person immune system. There are different stages of HIV infection, and each will be discussed in this write-up.

Acute primary infection stage

This stage is reached after the infected person is exposed to the virus 1weeks to 4weeks after been exposed to the virus. It won’t last for long, but some flu symptoms might be experienced, and some individual doesn’t experience it. Note that this sign does not mean individual have been affected by the disease. If you doubt you have been hit by the virus, visit your doctor for HIV test because he is the only one who can assure whether you have contacted it or not. Some of the HIV symptoms felt during this stage include Body Rash, Fever, headache, swollen throat, etc.

This acute HIV symptom is felt by the body system because the body systems are reacting to the virus. A cell that has been affected by the deadly virus are moving through the blood system, and the immune is counter responding to it by defending itself and by attacking the virus with antibodies produce by it. The process is seroconversion, and it occurs 45 days after infection. This process is completed after few months.

Asymptomatic stage of HIV

This phase occurs immediately after the seroconversion is completed. At this juncture infected only start to feel better.HIV might never reveal itself for many years, and the affected person will not feel the symptoms again. Health professional make it clear that this may take as long as ten years before the virus surface out again. It doesn’t denote that the virus is inactive; it’s actively destroying the previously existing cell and making copies of itself. This ultimately weakens the immune system by destroying it.

Symptomatic HIV infection stage

HIV has already gained a lot of ground by destroying the immune system during the asymptomatic stage. During HIV infection stage the immune system has already been totally battered and infected individual might now get some serious infections this ranges from bacterial to fungal diseases. This condition is termed medically to be an opportunistic infection. Patients experiencing opportunistic infection are said to have AIDS. Some of the opportunistic infection includes; chronic fever, weight loss, persistent coughs and skin disease and infection.

The display of these symptoms does not mean you have been infected with AIDS. Series of the test is needed to be done to ascertain you have been affected by the disease.

The best thing in which someone who has been hit by AID can do is to follow HIV PEP procedures provided by the health professional. Taking this measure can be strange to the body at first, but over time the body will get used to it. Getting the right treatment is the only solution at this point. Failure to do this can leads to final death in a short period.

In conclusion, it will be good to check for aids if you feel any strange symptoms in your body. The earlier you know you have contacted the disease, the better. Find out more in this site : http://www.shimclinic.com/singapore/hiv